Update on Butler Pike Closure

Yesterday it was announced that Butler Pike was being closed between Germantown Pike and Flourtown/Plymouth Roads. At the time, it was described as being due to “structural road issues at the railroad bridge.”

Today, a member of Plymouth Township’s Council, Karen Bramblett, posted on Facebook about the closure and described the issue as a “sinkhole.” Here is the post:

Butler Pike will be closed for an unknown period due to a sinkhole on the Whitemarsh side of Butler, in the vicinity of the railroad overpass in Cold Point Village. The closure extends from Germantown Pike to Flourtown/Plymouth Roads.

This is the second time this decade a sinkhole has close a major thoroughfare in this area. In 2015, a sinkhole on Plymouth Road closed that road between Germantown Pike and Butler Pike for almost six months (having it reopened within six months involved the state fast tracking the project).